McKay, Charles Richard

Charles McKay was born at Brandon House on the Assiniboine River. Charles was the son
of John McKay and Mary Favel, a Métisse. Charles McKay was proud of his Scottish heritage yet equally honoured his mother’s Cree-Métis background. As an entrepreneur, McKay was a gold miner, cattleman, real estate investor and harness-maker at various times in his work life, as well as a politician. Charles McKay died at Glencoe, Washington County, Oregon in May of 1873.